Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She carries with her a set of halberds, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Shamil was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Shamil decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He is a Lamia in disguise. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her gray fur is heavily combed to the right. Her copper eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. After coming to the age of reason, Leaf took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 gp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Jet (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the right. She has blue eyes and a violet hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. The war was a terrible time for her, and Egelina does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Egelina was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Bard, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Bard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature axe.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Flaws: Racist, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 gp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Amethyst (140 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her tied-back hair is golden. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Nurkara will drive conversation. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Extrovert, Athletic. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is in excellent shape and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Seddit was born on a far eastern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Navigator. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a yellow coat. His head has been shaved. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep green spinel (80 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears grey trousers with tan and white striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Morgran wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Barbarian, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. After coming to the age of reason, Morgran took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times and is in decent physical shape. She has a very tight haircut. She has amber eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Ovina lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Attractive. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.